Hope everyone enjoyed the last chap. Now enjoy this one to! Please!
Okay, so our meeting with Luke didnt go so well. Minor setback. Scratch that, HUGE setback.Now we had two gaurds and a big person leading us to our deaths on a cruise ship. We were walking along a side of the ship that was lined with life boats. I looked at Percy.
He was looking at me. He mouthed the words distract to me and I instantly understood. Annabeth nudged me and I stopped dead in my tracks, crashing into a gaurd who crashdinto the large person who crashed into the other gaurd. Percyturned to face our escorts and drew Riptide behind his back.
The stepped up to me. He looked mean. "I..uh...gotta..." then I held my neck and fell to my knees. Fake athsma attack. "I cant breath..." I gasped. The gaurds and the wierd dude exchanged looks, and Percy took advantage of that and knocked the wierd dude man in the stomach. Annabeth punched both of the gaurds.
I ran over to a lifeboat, but it was stuck. "I cant get it!" I cried and Annabeth ran over. The gaurds were getting up, and one ran over to an alarm signal. Red lights flashed all over and loud noises sounded.
"Jump!" Percy yelled.
"Are you crazy!?" I yelled back, but Annabeth just nodded. I saw Luke run up the stairs that we had just climbed with his sword, Backbiter drawn. Suddenly jumping into the ocean wasnt such a bad idea. But then I thought of my worst fear. Annabeth stepped onto the railing.
"Come on!" Annabeth yelled.
I shook my head. "Sharks..." I said and looked back at Luke. He was running toward Percy, but then saw Annabeth and I. He smirked as I glanced nervously down at the churning, foamy water. He new I absouloutly hated sharks. He started jogging toward us.
Suddenly Annabeth grabbed my hand. "Hey!" I yelled, and then she jumped into the ocean, and wouldnt let go of my hand. I pretty much screamed untill my feet hit the water. But suprisingly we didnt crash into the ocean. We quietly slipped into it. I looked up, and saw Percy with the rope of a life boat in one hand and Riptide in the other.
Luke ran up to the railing and watched him fall. Then he looked at me and Annabeth, and we were soaked with water. My hair clinged to my face as I waved to Luke. "See ya!" I yelled and Luke pounded his fist on the railing. Annabeth and I swam over to Percy who had flipped over the lifeboat and was climbing onto it.
First he helped Annabeth into the boat. Then he held out his hand out to me. I was about to take it when an arrow whizzed right by my left ear and almost hit the boat but instaed sank into the water. My mouth dropped open and I stared at the spot the arrow had sank. Then I got my senses back and took Percy's hand.
I put my foot on the lifeboat. Percy pulled my arm. The lifeboat was slippery from when Percy helped Annabeth up, and I slipped back and let go of Percy's hand. My head went underwater. I closed my eyes and put my arms up and hopefully Percy could see it. I kicked my feet and knew I was swimming somwhere, I just hoped that it was to the surface.
Well I was right, but not exactly what I had expected. I suddenly could breath in air. I shook my head and opened my eyes. I had drifted farther away from the lifeboat and closer to Luke's ship, and I could see the name was the Princess Andrmeda.
"Keira! Over here! Swim!" Annabeth yelled. I was about to swim over to the life boat, when I saw somthing that freaked me right out. A shark fin. I stared in horrer at the fin that was circling the boat.
"Keira!" Percy and Annabeth yelled. I raised a hand out of the water and pointed at the fin. Percy saw the fin, and yelled, "Scram!" at it, and the fin rushed away. I started swimming towards the lifeboat. I barley swam two feet when Annabeth yelled,
"Keira, watch out!"
I looked up and saw somone drop a net over my head. I ducked my head underwater and swam towards the lifeboat. I was offended.
I am NOT a fish. I stuck my head out of the water and swam toward the lifeboat. Percy put his hand out and I grabbed it. This time I sucessfully got onto the lifeboat. Percy unzipped a bag, and pulled out a...thermos?
"Hold on!" Percy yelled and Annabeth and I grabbed some ropes. Percy turned the cap of the thermos just a little, and suddenly, we were rushing off, away from Luke's ship. I laughed while Annabeth had a look on her face that made me laugh harder. Riding in a almost-flying lifeboat was kinda fun. Luke's ship sunk smaller and smaller in the horizan.
The lifeboat slowed down and we started to settle in the boat. I had stopped laughing a while ago. Annabeth looked tired. "Hey, why dont you sleep, I look out and Percy steer's the boat. Kay?" I said. Annabeth looked like she was about to say somthing and I added, "I can sing you to sleep if I have to. Seriosly you look tired, just take a nap."
Annabth nodded and layed down in the boat. A few minutes after I knew Annabeth was asleep, I started humming. To what, I dont know. But the song came to me so easily, it was like I was remembering it. Then a thought came into my mind. I hadnt ever thought about this thought before, but humming the song made me think. Think about that one thing that would haunt me for a long time.